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GBIF·2403529speciesAnimalia764 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAnguilliformes
  4. ›familyCongridae
  5. ›genusConger
Conger japonicus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Beach conger

Conger japonicus Bleeker, 1879

Also calledЯпонский морской угорь (rus) · クロアナゴ (jpn)

First described in: Bleeker, P. (1879). Énumerátion des espèces de poissons actuellement connues du Japon et description de trois espèces inédites. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam).</em> v. 18: 1-33, Pls. 1-3.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2403529.